Students grumble over renovation

Students of the Kogi State University (KSU) in Anyigba have bemoaned the relocation order by the management asking them to vacate their hostels for renovation. The students, who were yet to finish their exams and final year projects, said the management should have allowed them to complete their examination and other engagements.

The aggrieved students made their complaints known while speaking to our reporter. They said the management did not put their plight into consideration before giving out the order. They wondered why the renovation could not be done at the end of the session.

The management said the renovation was in the best interest of the students, noting that it would make the academic environment conducive for them.

Chairman of the institution’s chapter of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Comrade Moses Balogun, said the renovation was in the best interest of the students. It would address the accommodation challenges in the school, he said.

But, students saw it from different angle, saying their relocation had exposed some of them to dangers. Some female students, who said they did not have relatives in Anyigba, said they were at the risk of being raped, because they were forced to stay with strangers whose characters, they said, they didn’t know.

CAMPUSLIFE gathered that those, who were still writing examinations and final projects, have been relocated to new hostel buildings.

Balogun said: “Renovation is a normal exercise from time to time in all universities. It is not new here. The students should be happy about the prospect that they would come back to meet brand new facilities, including hostels and lecture theatres. They should embrace it rather than whine about it.”